Military ornament.



1( DORAN.

MILITARY ORNAMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1917,

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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Y' citizen of. the United States, .residing "at p full, clear, and eXact description. Y The objectof` this invention is to provlde a strong, durable, light-weight and economically manufactured separable fastener,.more

Y especially designed. foriiuseinzpconnectionf. with ornaments to be .applied 1n a' detachable way to garments `and other articles, and

moreparti'cularly to'militaryim-iform's.

Heretofore it has been customary.toilake'ffstaiitially as a` hollow rivet or an eyelet is collar ornaments for military and other uniforms by using a solid embossed medal, which is necessarily quite thick in orderto secure shar detail in design. On the back of the meda it has beenv customary to solder a screw and two fixing points, the screw being engaged by a nut to attach the medal to thevga-rment, and the `points engaging the material ofthe garment or other articleV in order to hold the ornament. in desired po-l sition thereon. This constructionV results in a quitel heavy article, and the solder joint in one piece, the front or face being formed bydrawing up a shell or cup of thin metal,

which is embossed with the required design or insignia, and having a flange which is closed down over the edge of the back, preferably with a curled rolled edge, whereby is produced an article offgreat strength and very lightweight, two very important advantagesinmilitary equipment; the saving of metal, and the economies'in manufacture i resulting in a much` lower cost of produc-v tion. y

In the accompanying drawings illustrati ing the invention, in the several figures of which lilre` parts are Vsimilarly designated, Figure 1V is a plan view, Fig. 2 is an'in#4 verted view, and Fig.y Bis a'transverse secp tion ofthe'face shell orcup. Fig.l 4 isa i plan view, Fig. 5 isan inverted View, and

Fig. 6 is a side elevation. of. the one-.piece back.' Fig. isa cross-section ofthe lshell and back assembled as theynished article.

`Batentednug-f6j,191s.. 'applieationmea November 6,1917. seriainaaoaa Y f Fig. 8..is a cross-'section of-a'preferred form 'l `Iof light-Weight ione-piece v nut, preferably used in connection with the ornament; flFig. l9-.is a cross-'section showingl lhollow Iiili'ng pI'OIIIgSQ. L. f; .Y s' i" u 'l and supplied with any .desired design,k or in- The ba/clg 3 4is a ydisk,` of i metal, having the projection frdern-14drawn:therefromffb- Y drawn, and externally screwthreaded for mentinthe desired' position, prongs 5 are struck up from the body ofthe diskand extended therefroml in the direction of the length of the stem-4. These prongs may be made in any of a variety of forms, eitherv solid. as shown in Figs. 4,' 5, .6 andr 7, or hollow as shown in Fig. 9; in this latter case, the hollow prongs 6 wouldbe drawn down from the metal of the disk, insteadY of being cut as previously described. Any number of prongs may e used, one, two or more as maybe required.

As shown in Fig. 7, the shell and the backr Iare assembled by placing the shell over the back and then transforming the'lange 2 into a Acurled rolled edge 7. v

Instead of the heavy solid nut heretofore commonly used for attaching military ornaments to garments, I prefer to useV a nutv made of sheetmetal, as shown in Fig. 8, in Whlch there is a rolled rim 8, a central raised Y portion 9, and acentral Vtubular socket .portion 10 which is internally screwthreadedto receive and Vengage With the screwthreaded stemt of the'back. Y It will be observed that the shell or face screwthreaded. stem :andprongs isy in one jpiece', and `that v,the ,preferredl form of nut likewise is in one piece.y All of these parts Vmay be economically madeof sheet metal,y

.is in--one piece, and that the back with its with a resulting economy in` weight of metal?. y

Vandv cost of production', and of .a strengthV and'durability'fequal to or ratherpsu'perior to ,thejold-:style' heavycastings. .y v y Bythe term @military ornaments herein,

I do not Wish to be understood as liinitingH my invention, but it is to be understood that not only ornamental devices y"butallso devices Y iing points .all made in ione integral pieoeof of priinary utilitarian purpose aneiincluded.,

Variations in construction and arrangefw Y ment are permissible Within the principle -and scope @of the invention as *hereinafter claimed.

What I claim is Y Al. A :milita-ry ioivnainent, :coin-prisingea baek :ineluding'a disk, fasten-iand fixing .points `all finade v-in one integral gpieee, :and ,a .face V:shell .fhaving Aa langeieurle'd over `the n elge `of fthe disk and thereby united therewith and havingfthe -oirnament'or .design or insignia reiquiired, ,and a "fastening-nut adapted ato en ,gage the screwstem to fasten the ,orinainent yin plaee.. v i Y 2. A ,milita-ny ornament comprising La back including ya disk, la screw stein ,and rixsheet-metal, and a one-piece shell-,form jirace haviing! the ornament, design, or insignia required Aand adepending flange which is 'curled about the edge of the disk to unite 7the ,back and face, Y and a fastening nut adapte'd Vto engage the screw stein to fasten the ornament toa garment. j v

3; A light-Weight military foni'iainen't,

, -comprisingfaisheet metal back, including in one integral piece a disk, a screw stein and iixed points, a ysheet metal embossed `face'- shell :hailing a'iiange curled .about theiedge of itheidfisk, and afone-.pi'ece sheet metal inut- :adaptedy to iiieeeive. [and v,engage the V:stein of `the back. l

wIn testimony avheieof Ii'have rhereuntoiset Y may A:hand this :9th day oaf Oetober, A. D. 1917.

litnesses: Y

NSDORAM l e -f v TL Bon/inns. i i l JAM-se 'DOR-AN .f

It is hereby certied that in Letters .Patent No. 1,27 5,139, granted August 6,V

1918, upon the application of James A. Doran, of Providence, Rhode Island, for

an improvement in Military Ornaments, an error appearsy in the printed specifieation requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 32,0lain1 3, for the Word xed read Jimmy; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this COrreotion therein that the same may coliform to the record of the oase in the' Patent Oiioe.

Signed and sealedthis 3d daypf September, A. D., 1918.

[SEAL] F. W. H. CLAY,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. C1. 24-105. 

